Photograph depicts several houses and headstones built on a rocky shoreline with water in the foreground. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Canada, B.C. Bella Bella - Indian Missions. Indian Grave houses and monuments"
Photograph depicts a group of nine men holding a flag and banner that states: "The Epworth League of The Methodist Church of Canada." Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Epworth League Officers Port Simpson This is a fair sample of the "shots" I made"
Photograph depicts a group of First Nations girls posed for a photo with two women on what appears to be a boat. Possibly a Mission School class photo.
Photograph depicts a brick Methodist church on a street beside houses. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "METHODIST CHURCH, ENDERBY, B.C."
Photograph of the interior of an unidentified church with a view of the central altar.
Photograph depicts the exterior of an unidentified church with a steeple.
Photograph depicts a church and unidentified building with a large fenced yard in the foreground. Annotation on verso of photograph states: "Bella Bella Church"
Photograph depicts five First Nations children leaning over the deck on the M.S. Columbia. Stamped annotation on recto: “Oct – 64”. Handwritten annotation in pen on verso reads: “Mamalicula”
Using an anti-aircraft rocket, ZPRA forces shot down the aircraft Air Viscount Hunyani shortly after it took off from Kariba, Rhodesia. The pilot managed to land the aircraft, but many people died in the crash. There were 18 survivors who were shot by ZPRA terrorists while awaiting rescue. There was no outrage from the world, no sympathy--just a “deafening silence”; this term found its place in Rhodesian history after the sermon of Dean John da Costa at the memorial service held shortly afterwards. This is an audio recording of that sermon.
Image depicts a church and several other buildings in Canoe Creek.
Image depicts a church and a row of houses in Bralorne, B.C.
Image depicts an old Anglican Church in Barkerville, B.C.
Image depicts the interior of a church, possibly one in or near Barkerville, B.C.
Image depicts a church in Woodpecker, B.C.
Image depicts a stained glass window from the interior of an Anglican Church in Woodpecker, B.C.
Image depicts an Anglican church in Old Aiyansh.
Image depicts a church located near Mapes, B.C.
Image depicts the Catholic Church in Penny, B.C.
Image depicts the Oblates of Mary Immaculate Catholic Church in Aleza Lake, B.C. Map coordinates 54°07'08.2"N 122°02'00.0"W
Image depicts the Oblates of Mary Immaculate Catholic Church in Aleza Lake, B.C. Map coordinates 54°07'08.2"N 122°02'00.0"W
Image depicts several unidentified individuals inside of a church made from logs, possibly located in Fort St. John, B.C.
Image depicts an Anglican Church at the Atlin Museum.
Image depicts St. Mark's Anglican Church in Woodpecker, B.C.
Image depicts St. Mark's Anglican Church in Woodpecker, B.C.
Image depicts the St. Mark's Anglican Church and a small house in Woodpecker, B.C.
Image depicts a small section of the boarded up church in Shelley, B.C.
Image depicts a boarded up church in Shelley, B.C.
Image depicts a boarded up church in Shelley, B.C.
Image depicts a stained glass window showing Saint Nicholas from the interior of a church in Shelley, B.C.
Image depicts a stained glass window showing Saint Nicholas from the interior of a church in Shelley, B.C.
Image depicts the church after its restoration in Shelley, B.C.
Image depicts a church in Wells, B.C.
Image depicts a row of houses, as well as a United Church of Canada on the right side of the image, located in Wells, B.C.
Image depicts the interior of an old, abandoned church at an uncertain location; possibly somewhere between Lillooet and Kamloops.
Image depicts an old and abandoned, collapsing church at an uncertain location.
Image depicts the St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, in Kamloops, B.C.
Image depicts the altar inside the St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Kamloops, B.C.
This file consists of copies of two manuscript items relating to the history of the Oblates in Northern British Columbia; the third item is a copy of the transcription and translation of one of these accounts. Includes:
- A copy of a type-written unpublished account possibly written c. 1922 entitled "Indian Schools of Fort St. James and Fraser Lake, B.C." The account is written by Father Elphage Allard, OMI on the founding of the residential school at Fort St. James and later of the building of the residential school at Lejac, near Fraser Lake, BC. Allard refers to his, and his younger siblings', also named Father Allard, involvement in the building of the residential schools at Fort St. James in 1916-1917 and subsequently at Fraser Lake ca. 1920-1922. Father Allard provides a detailed account of daily life and spiritual work conducted by the Oblates at the schools including daily routines of the First Nations students, dormitory life, educational curriculum, religious education, and arrival of a group of the Sisters of the Infant Jesus Congregation to assist at the school. The account provides descriptions of the 1918 flu epidemic and deaths that occurred among communities at Fort St. James, Pinchi, Tachi, Fraser Lake and Lake Porteur; involvement of the Anglo-Europeans in the construction of the schools; and interactions with the Chinese cook and Indian Agent in the communities. The manuscript also provides brief account of Allard's journey to provide religious services to other First Nations communities including Fort Graham, McLeod Lake, Atlin and Whitehorse. Both Father Allards were subsequently dismissed from involvement in the Fraser Lake School in 1922.
- A copy of a handwritten account by Father Jean-Marie Lejeune entitled "Comment la Sténographie a été introduite dez les sauvages" written by Lejeune at the Indian Missionary, Kamloops, B.C. c.1890-93 in which he describes his introduction of the shorthand in British Columbia to First Nations in the Kamloops region and the subsequent publication of the newsletter entitled Kamloops Wawa.
- A transcription and translation of Father Lejeune's account by William Poser with annotations.
Image depicts an old, abandoned church located somewhere in Seton Portage, B.C.
Image depicts a church and several houses in Seton Portage, B.C.
Photograph depicts the interior of an unidentified church decorated with tree boughs and a star.
Photograph depicts the exterior of a church with a steeple surrounded by trees. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "Methodist Church Port Simpson BC"
Photograph depicts a steeple on the side of a church. Annotation on recto of photograph states: "English Church, Port Essington, B.C."
File consists of material relating to Adrien Gabriel Morice (27 August 1859 - 21 April 1939), a missionary priest belonging to the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. He served as a missionary in Canada and created a writing system for the Carrier language. Materials include a photocopied book written by Father Morice, newspaper clippings, and reproductions of journal articles.
Item consists of transcript of recorded interview with Reverend Francis Edward Runnalls who discusses his career as a United Church minister in Prince George c.1920s-1940s. Also discusses his historical works written about Northern British Columbia and Prince George.
Photograph depicts an unmarked First Nations gravesite featuring two crosses at Moberly Lake.
Photograph depicts men and women standing on the floating platform of Mrs. Lanes’ floating home with two boats docked in the foreground. Handwritten annotation on verso reads: “This taken after service at Mrs. Lanes”. Photographer’s stamp on verso states: “W.E. Nicholson”
Photograph depicts an unidentified priest and man standing in the doorway as a small house under construction.
Photograph depicts three Anglican priests that served Nisga’a communities in the Nass Valley of British Columbia. They have been identified as (left to right): Father John Hannen (serving Gingolx, later Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Caledonia), Father John Blyth (serving Gitlaxt'aamiks), and Father David Retter (serving Laxgalts'ap).
Image depicts a Catholic Church in Dome Creek, B.C.